Updated On: 14 July, 2025 03:29 PM IST | Divya Nair
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday conveyed to Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng that continued normalisation of India-China ties can produce mutually beneficial outcomes and an open exchange of views between the two sides is "very important" considering the "complex" global scenario. The external affairs minister held talks with Zheng shortly after landing in the Chinese capital from Singapore in the second and final leg of his two-nation trip (PICS/X, text: ANI, PTI)

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Jaishankar is visiting China to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the Chinese city of Tianjin. It is Jaishankar`s first visit to China after the ties between the two countries came under severe strain following the 2020 military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh
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He also planted a pomegranate sapling as part of `Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam` initiative, at the Indian Embassy in China premises on Monday

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At the embassy, he interacted with the Indian diplomats in China
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Earlier in the day, Jaishankar met with Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Secretary General Nurlan Yermekbayev in Beijing. He said that his discussions with Yermekbayev included the contribution and importance of the 10-member organisation and endeavours to modernise its working

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In a post on X, Jaishankar wrote, "Glad to meet SCO SG Nurlan Yermekbayev in Beijing today. Discussed the contribution and importance of SCO, as well as the endeavours to modernise its working"
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